"It's been a month since Ashlee Buzzard packed her 9-year-old daughter Melodee into a rental car and left their home state of California only to return three days later with no child and plenty of unanswered questions in tow, authorities say. As investigators search for Melodee, they say their probe has uncovered a series of wigged disguises, a sprawling multistate road trip, and an uncooperative mother who has provided no verifiable explanation of her daughter's whereabouts."
"The case took an unexpected turn on Friday when Buzzard, 40, was arrested on a charge of false imprisonment but not for the disappearance of her daughter. This crime is not connected to the ongoing search for Melodee, however, detectives are unable to fully outline the crime as it would impede their ongoing investigation, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office said."
"Melodee's disappearance was reported on October 14, not by her family but by school administrators who noticed she had not been participating in the remote study program her mother had recently enrolled her in. School district officials in the child's hometown of Lompoc say Melodee was enrolled in August in an independent study program, which allows students to learn from home."
A nine-year-old girl, Melodee, disappeared after her mother, Ashlee Buzzard, drove away from California in a rental car and returned three days later without the child. Investigators uncovered wigged disguises, a sprawling multistate road trip, and an uncooperative mother who gave no verifiable explanation for her daughter's whereabouts. Buzzard was arrested on a false-imprisonment charge unrelated to the disappearance; detectives declined to detail that charge to avoid impeding the investigation. School officials reported Melodee missing on October 14 after she failed to participate in a recently enrolled independent study program. Family members provided outdated photos and said they had not seen her for years.
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